Formed in 2011, Clearspring is comprised of Matthew Geiger, Eric Knowles, John Leatherman, and Jason Hannan. Since its inception, Clearspring has been dedicated to performing energetic, hard driving bluegrass. The Frederick News-Post had this to say about the band: “Fundamentally speaking, Clearspring’s formula for bluegrass is flawless.….These four men go beyond the town of capable and wind up somewhere near the city of exceptional.”